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it includes stations in walnut creek, martinez, lafayette, and clayton, the city's only fire station. he says all cities within the district would be impacted. >> once we start taking any of those stations out of service, then having ten units at a fire is going to have a bigger impact come january than it would now if we had all of our companies in service. >> reporter: not to mention the closures would come during the holidays, when districts see an increase in chimney and house fires. the good news is there would be no layoffs involved in these closures. but the district does tell me if they can't find a financial solution next year, we could see two more closures. in martinez, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >>> there is some new action to try to end the costly eight-day strike at the ports of los angeles and long beach. after an overnight intervention by the mayor, both sides have agreed to bring in a federal mediator. cbs reporter randy paige with the latest on the negotiations. >> both parties have agreed to federal mediation and to a federal mediator. >> reporter: an exhausted mayor ann
it includes stations in walnut creek, martinez, lafayette, and clayton, the city's only fire station. he says all cities within the district would be impacted. >> once we start taking any of those stations out of service, then having ten units at a fire is going to have a bigger impact come january than it would now if we had all of our companies in service. >> reporter: not to mention the closures would come during the holidays, when districts see an increase in chimney and house...
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i have lived in cities without seven gyms. a lot of cities around here got a lot of rainfall over the past 24 hours. we have more rain coming but it's coming over the weekend so commute won't be as much of an issue. hi-def doppler is picking up showers, light rain showers light to moderate rain showers. along i-80 north and east out of hercules towards vallejo napa your next, petaluma getting showers and showers from mill valley, san rafael and light showers around the pac-12 championship game going on now in palo alto and fremont union city and hayward getting light showers, as well. the russian river will see a significant water level rise this weekend. almost the flood stage. it's under a flood watch but right now the latest forecast from the weather service is calling for the 1.6 feet below flood stage. the one area under a flood watch, the russian river. there is a flash flood watch all week for the north bay and coastal mountains. the ground is saturated and there's a lot more rainfall coming. there is a flash flood watc
i have lived in cities without seven gyms. a lot of cities around here got a lot of rainfall over the past 24 hours. we have more rain coming but it's coming over the weekend so commute won't be as much of an issue. hi-def doppler is picking up showers, light rain showers light to moderate rain showers. along i-80 north and east out of hercules towards vallejo napa your next, petaluma getting showers and showers from mill valley, san rafael and light showers around the pac-12 championship game...
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roberta gonzales is in concord tonight where the city is offering free sandbags. you have the shovel there ready to go. >> reporter: i really do, allen. i have to tell you, all morning and early afternoon, we have been been out in the rain and as you mentioned gusty winds and then i heard about something very special. free sandbags to residents and some businesses. and this is happening all over the bay area. i headed to the east bay and found out that pleasanton, walnut creek, martinez, also san ramon, offering free sandbags. but right here, in the steve concord, they are going a little further. they are offering this service 24/7. so i looked up the director of concord and told me, justin e zell had this to say. >> we have the station here that's available 24 hours a day 7 days a week which is new for this city because in prior years this was only available up until 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon monday through friday. and as now the storms don't stop. so people need to get out here and make sandbags in the middle of the night or early in the morning so we wanted to
roberta gonzales is in concord tonight where the city is offering free sandbags. you have the shovel there ready to go. >> reporter: i really do, allen. i have to tell you, all morning and early afternoon, we have been been out in the rain and as you mentioned gusty winds and then i heard about something very special. free sandbags to residents and some businesses. and this is happening all over the bay area. i headed to the east bay and found out that pleasanton, walnut creek, martinez,...
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the city council realizes that. but they don't like the predictions from some of the engineering companies that it could take months. they say step on the gas and get this filled. this mountain view drive is used by a lot of residents that go up into the hills here around lafayette and they need this roadway back. how long it's going to take, nobody can tell you that right now. but they are going to the state of california for disaster money as well to see if they can speed things along. in laugh yet, reporting live from mobile5, in lafayette, ken bastida. back to you. >> thank you. >>> doesn't really make any sense. why would you shoot someone on a bike? >> a nursing home worker gunned down outside of a school. the search for clues in the killing of a cyclist in berkeley. >> phones, watches, computers and kindles. the massive criminal operation busted in a bay area city. >> over an inch of rain fell throughout the bay area today. now the day the bay area will dry out as eyewitness news continues with your pinpoint
the city council realizes that. but they don't like the predictions from some of the engineering companies that it could take months. they say step on the gas and get this filled. this mountain view drive is used by a lot of residents that go up into the hills here around lafayette and they need this roadway back. how long it's going to take, nobody can tell you that right now. but they are going to the state of california for disaster money as well to see if they can speed things along. in...
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it's an important neighborhood for the city. it would be great for the city. >> reporter: it would also be good politics. you see, the subway was going to stop here in chinatown. but to get all the equipment in and out to build it, they would have to keep boring on down the street to north beach and pull all the machinery out by digging a big pitch here at this intersection. >> it's going to disrupt the whole neighborhood and damage business. >> reporter: so the feeling was, chinatown gets the subway station and north beach gets the shaft. >> i've heard that phrase. now, i think they raised a very legitimate point. records and those concerns including threatened lawsuits and a lot of heat aimed at city hall. but by giving north beach a pete's of the subway deal, folks are at least taking a second look at the idea. >> they are proposing 1500 people per hour to be dropped off into the neighborhood. why wouldn't it make sense? >> it depends how they put it together. >> reporter: deals like this don't come cheap. a north beach stop
it's an important neighborhood for the city. it would be great for the city. >> reporter: it would also be good politics. you see, the subway was going to stop here in chinatown. but to get all the equipment in and out to build it, they would have to keep boring on down the street to north beach and pull all the machinery out by digging a big pitch here at this intersection. >> it's going to disrupt the whole neighborhood and damage business. >> reporter: so the feeling was,...
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the city has agreed to surrender some control of the opd. cbs 5 reporter da lin on those who say it will now be harder to fight crime. >> that agreement in my opinion is going to be absolutely worse for the oakland police department to be able to function. >> reporter: oakland mayor jean quan and police chief howard jordan did not want to talk about the partial federal takeover. but councilman ignacio de la fuente says the arrangement creates too many restrictions on police officers to fight crime. >> police got have the ability to use what they learn in order to identify people before they commit crimes. >> reporter: the compliance director would be able to punish and fire the police chief and the command staff. civil rights attorney john burris says that person is basically the chief of the police chief. >> this is a game changer in many ways, and so it should be felt all the way down to the officers on the street. >> reporter: burris insists the compliance director will not direct officers on how to did is -- on how to do their jobs on a
the city has agreed to surrender some control of the opd. cbs 5 reporter da lin on those who say it will now be harder to fight crime. >> that agreement in my opinion is going to be absolutely worse for the oakland police department to be able to function. >> reporter: oakland mayor jean quan and police chief howard jordan did not want to talk about the partial federal takeover. but councilman ignacio de la fuente says the arrangement creates too many restrictions on police officers...
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they are part of what the city calls its combined system. a system that combines sewage with rain runoff running through the same pipes. in those releases, the water is treated making sure no solids escape into the ocean. >> the beauty of a combined system is that we protect the bay and ocean because we treat the stormwater. in many cities anything on the street goes right into the local body of water. so in san francisco we treat it. that's a good thing. but it has its down sides. when we have these heavy rains in a short period of time, our system reaches capacity and we do these discharges. >> reporter: long-term, the city's puc says the city will spend billions, that's plural, billions of dollars over the next two decades to revamp the sewer system but it still be a combined system so every now and then you have this situation where sewage goes in the storm drains and into the beach in some parts. >> yeah. okay, joe. joe vazquez, thank you. >>> we will have the full forecast from meteorologist paul deanno in 15 minutes. and, of course, r
they are part of what the city calls its combined system. a system that combines sewage with rain runoff running through the same pipes. in those releases, the water is treated making sure no solids escape into the ocean. >> the beauty of a combined system is that we protect the bay and ocean because we treat the stormwater. in many cities anything on the street goes right into the local body of water. so in san francisco we treat it. that's a good thing. but it has its down sides. when...